What is this book? It’s a musical autobiography by The Talking Heads’ David Byrne. It’s an art manifesto.  It’s a history of exploitation in the music business. It’s a punk rock how to guide. It’s cosmic mysticism and star science. It’s good. How Music Works is about how music is made, and how music makes us. Specifically, chapters focus on certain aspects of music creation such as context, technology, commerce, and collaboration. The book doesn’t necessarily build a narrative, and individual sections can be read […]